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ONE YEAR ON: ROMANIA'S CYANIDE SPILL
BBC News - 31 January 2001 - A year on
from the cyanide leak that caused widespread damage in three
countries, Hungary has announced it is to launch a case against
the Aurul company which caused the spill. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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HUNGARY SEEKS POLLUTION DAMAGES
BBC News - 31 January 2001 - Tonnes of dead fish have
been removed from the Tisza By Nick Thorpe in Budapest Hungary
has announced that it intends to lay charges against the Romanian
owners of a gold mine that caused Europe's worst ever river
pollution disasters. Further information can be obtained from
the news
article.
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STN INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES ALUMINUM DATABASE
EnviroLink Services 30 January 2001 - STN
International has launched the aluminum database, which provides
international coverage from 1968 to the present. Coverage includes
the world's technical literature on aluminum, ranging from ore
processing, through business developments, and applications.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTAMINATED COEUR
D'ALENE BASIN? KEY PLAYERS FACE OFF IN LANDMARK TRIAL
EnviroLink Service - 29 January 2001 - The legacy of
a century of mining in Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Basin went on trial
Monday. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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PERMIT RENEWED FOR RALEIGH COUNTY COAL SLURRY
IMPOUNDMENT
Associated Press Leased Line via NewsEdge Corporation -
29 January 2001 - A permit for a coal slurry impoundment
in Raleigh County has been renewed, state Division of Environmental
Protection officials said Saturday. Further information can
be obtained from the news article.
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FEATURE - ENVIRONMENT A PRIORITY FOR EU PRESIDENT
SWEDEN
Planet Ark - 29 January 2001 - Concern about the environment
is growing after a year which saw floods from Africa to Europe
and the failure of global climate talks. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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MINE TO RELOCATE 770 VILLAGERS
AllAfrica.com 29 January 2001 - A Northern Province
platinum mine will relocate more than 700 rural families at
a cost of R135-million this year after blasting cracked their
houses, African Eye News Service reports. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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UNEP RELEASES GLOBAL OUTLOOK REPORT
AllAfrica.com - 29 January 2001 - With the UN proclaiming
the year 2001 the year of dialogue among civilisations, the
UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has released its Global Environmental
Outlook report which notes that globalisation poses a big threat
to ancestral cultures and indigenous communities. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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EU LAWMAKERS SET 10-YEAR PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENT
Planet Ark - 28 January 2001 - The European Commission
launched an environmental action plan on Wednesday which will
guide its policies for the next 10 years. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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CANADIAN SMELTERS SAY THEY WILL CUT TOXIC
EMISSIONS
Planet Ark - 28 January 2001 - A Canadian mining industry
group said on Friday it expects smelters, which regularly release
large amounts of toxic waste into the air, would meet voluntary
goals to sharply reduce emissions within the decade. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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ARSENIC IN WATER FEARED FROM OREGON MINE
Environmental News Network (ENN) - 28 January
2001 - More than 80 years after miners abandoned Red Boy
Mine in Oregon, water that gurgles from the tunnel entrance
contains arsenic at twice the amount permitted in drinking water
and twice that allowed for aquatic life. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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UNEP AND IAEA EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF
SENDING DEPLETED URANIUM MISSIONS TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA AND IRAQ
UNEP Press Release - 25 January 2001 - Mohamed ElBaradei,
the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) and Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), have agreed to consider ways and
means to respond to requests for fact finding missions to Bosnia-Herzegovina,
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Iraq where depleted uranium
was used during military conflicts. Further information can
be obtained from the news
article.
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UPDATE - CANADIAN SMELTERS PUMP OUT TOXIC
WASTE - REPORT
Planet Ark 25 January 2001 - The Canadian Environmental
Defence Fund said mining smelters in Canada released more than
2.3 million pounds of heavy metals in 1998, including arsenic,
mercury, lead and nickel compounds, all highly poisonous and
harmful to people's health and the environment. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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HEAD OF SPILL INVESTIGATION RESIGNS AS ADMINISTRATIONS
CHANGE: ENVIRONMENTALISTS FEAR EXIT MAY DELAY PROBE
EnviroLink Service 24 January 2001 - The change of administrations
in Washington has forced the federal official heading the investigation
into last year's collapse of a coal-waste reservoir in eastern
Kentucky to leave his job. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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EU LAWMAKERS SET 10-YEAR PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENT
Planet Ark - 28 January 2001 - The European Commission
launched an environmental action plan on Wednesday which will
guide its policies for the next 10 years. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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CANADIAN SMELTERS SAY THEY WILL CUT TOXIC
EMISSIONS
Planet Ark - 28 January 2001 - A Canadian mining industry
group said on Friday it expects smelters, which regularly release
large amounts of toxic waste into the air, would meet voluntary
goals to sharply reduce emissions within the decade. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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ARSENIC IN WATER FEARED FROM OREGON MINE
Environmental News Network (ENN) - 28 January
2001 - More than 80 years after miners abandoned Red Boy
Mine in Oregon, water that gurgles from the tunnel entrance
contains arsenic at twice the amount permitted in drinking water
and twice that allowed for aquatic life. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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UNEP AND IAEA EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF
SENDING DEPLETED URANIUM MISSIONS TO BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, THE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA AND IRAQ
UNEP Press Release - 25 January 2001 - Mohamed ElBaradei,
the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) and Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), have agreed to consider ways and
means to respond to requests for fact finding missions to Bosnia-Herzegovina,
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Iraq where depleted uranium
was used during military conflicts. Further information can
be obtained from the news
article.
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UPDATE - CANADIAN SMELTERS PUMP OUT TOXIC
WASTE - REPORT
Planet Ark 25 January 2001 - The Canadian Environmental
Defence Fund said mining smelters in Canada released more than
2.3 million pounds of heavy metals in 1998, including arsenic,
mercury, lead and nickel compounds, all highly poisonous and
harmful to people's health and the environment. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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HEAD OF SPILL INVESTIGATION RESIGNS AS ADMINISTRATIONS
CHANGE: ENVIRONMENTALISTS FEAR EXIT MAY DELAY PROBE
EnviroLink Service 24 January 2001 - The change of administrations
in Washington has forced the federal official heading the investigation
into last year's collapse of a coal-waste reservoir in eastern
Kentucky to leave his job. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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WORKERS BATTLE FIRE AFTER METHANE EXPLOSION
UKRAINIAN MINE
AP World News via NewsEdge Corporation - 23 January 2001
- Fire crews on Monday continued to battle a fire in an
eastern Ukrainian coal mine set off by a powerful methane gas
explosion over the weekend that killed nine people, emergency
officials said. Further information can be obtained from the
news article.
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ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS TO ATTEND UNEP MEETING
IN NAIROBI
UNEP Press Release - 23 January 2001 - 2nd Global Ministerial
Environment Forum/ 21st session of UNEP's Governing Council,
5 to 9 February, 2001, Nairobi, Kenya Further information can
be obtained from the news
article.
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NEW EVIDENCE CONFIRMS RAPID GLOBAL WARMING,
SAY SCIENTISTS
UNEP Press Release - 22 January 2001 - Leading climate
change scientists and government officials from around the world
have finalized a major report confirming that the evidence for
humanity's influence on the global climate is now stronger than
ever before. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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ROMANIA REPORTS RIVER POLLUTION WITH CYANIDE
Planet Ark - 22 January 2001 - Government officials
said on Friday that toxic waste containing cyanide had spilled
into a river in northeastern Romania, killing fish and posing
a health hazard in the area. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PANEL RECOMMENDS ELIMINATION
OF SLURRY PONDS
Associated Press Leased Line via NewsEdge Corporation -
19 January 2001 - The state should close coal slurry impoundments
like the one that ruptured in October and fouled waterways in
eastern Kentucky and prohibit future ponds, a state environmental
panel recommended Thursday. Further information can be obtained
from the news article.
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USGS REPORT SAYS METALS CONCENTRATIONS DON'T
HURT HUMANS
Associated Press Leased Line via NewsEdge Corporation -
19 January 2001 - Metals contamination was found in fish
tissues in the Clark Fork and Spokane river basins, but the
concentrations are not high enough to damage people's health,
a federal report released Wednesday said. Further information
can be obtained from the news article.
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LAWMAKERS SUPPORT USE OF CLOSING GOLD MINE
FOR RESEARCH
Associated Press Leased Line via NewsEdge Corporation :
19 January 2001 - Initial endorsement came Wednesday in
the South Dakota Legislature for a plan to turn the underground
Homestake gold mine at Lead into a world-class research laboratory.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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A SMALL NUMBER OF THE 10,000 ABANDONED MINE
SITES IN CANADA WILL COST TAXPAYERS $1 BILLION TO CLEAN UP
Canadian Institute for Business and the Environment - 08
January 2001 - The environment and economics group, MiningWatch
Canada, presented a four point plan for dealing with Canada's
abandoned mines crisis to the federal government. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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MINING INDUSTRY LEAVES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WITH MULTI-MILLION CLEAN UP BILL
Canadian Institute for Business and the Environment - 08
January 2001 - Open a mine. Make your profits and run -
or go bankrupt. That is the business of the dark side of the
mining industry in Canada. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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DIAMOND MINING AFFECTS CANADA'S NORTHERN
ENVIRONMENT
Canadian Institute for Business and the Environment - 08
January 2001 - Canada's newest diamond mine, owned by Diavik
Diamond Mines Inc., industry will increase total greenhouse
emissions in the Northwest Territories (NWT) by 10 percent;
dust created by the mining blasts and drilling will blanket
terrestrial landscapes and changes aquatic composition; winter
mining and exploration roads are increasing access for excessive
poaching of caribou, wolf and bear. Further information can
be obtained from the news article.
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U.S. MOVES TO LIMIT ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER
Lycos News (ENS) - 18 January 2001 - The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency moved Wednesday to reduce public health risks
from arsenic in the nation's drinking water. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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BANNING CYANIDE USE AT MCDONALD --AN ATTACK
ON OPEN-PIT MINING
Mining Engineering via EnviroLink Services 18 January 2001
- The McDonald gold project and two satellite gold deposits
near Lincoln, MT were discovered in the early 1990s. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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BABBITT BARS GOLD MINE IN CALIFORNIA
Lycos News (ENS) - 18 January 2001 - Citing impacts
to historic resources and Native American values, Interior Secretary
Bruce Babbitt has denied permits for an open pit, cyanide heap
leach mining project proposed on public lands in eastern Imperial
County, California. Further information can be obtained from
the news
article. (Scroll down to the article.)
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COAL USE WILL REACH RECORD LEVELS IN 2001
Lycos News (ENS) - 18 January 2001 - Coal
use in the U.S. will reach an all time high in 2001, the National
Mining Association (NMA) predicted this week. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article. (Scroll down to the article.)
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MAGNESIUM MINING COMPANY CHARGED WITH POLLUTING
Lycos News (ENS) - 18 January 2001 - Magnesium Corporation
of America and its parent corporation Renco Metals Inc., have
been charged with illegally handling hazardous waste at a magnesium
production plant on the edge of the Great Salt Lake. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article. (Scroll down to the article.)
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THREE RIVER TRIBUTARIES CONTAMINATED
Environmental News Network (ENN) 17 January 2001 - Arsenic-laden
runoff from a mining operation has contaminated three small
Amazon river tributaries, putting thousands of people at risk,
officials said. Further information can be obtained from the
news
article.
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HUNGARY, ROMANIA SEEK EU FUNDS TO STOP TOXIC
SPILLS
Planet Ark - 17 January 2001 - Hungary and Romania will
seek $10 million in EU funds to prevent chemical spills like
last year's cyanide poisoning of the Tisza River, a Hungarian
official said. Further information can be obtained from the
news
article.
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TURKISH COURT BANS CYANIDE GOLD PROCESS NEAR
ANCIENT TOWN
Lycos News (ENS) - 16 January 2001 - Despite an order
from the country's Supreme Court backing up environmentalists,
the pressure is mounting this week for the reopening of a controversial
mine in one of Turkey's most visited tourist areas. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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UNEP CONFIRMS URANIUM 236 FOUND IN DU PENETRATORS
Geneva, 16 January 2001 - Early laboratory
results confirm that pieces of DU penetrators found at sites
targeted by NATO during the 1999 Kosovo conflict contain Uranium
236, the United Nations Environment Programme reported here
today. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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KOSOVO MUNITIONS DEBRIS CONTAINS RECYCLED
URANIUM
Lycos News (ENS) - 16 January 2001 - Scientists studying
ammunition fired by NATO at Serb troops in Kosovo during the
Balkans conflict have confirmed that some of it contains recycled
uranium. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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KENTUCKY TOP IN MINING DEATHS IN THE US
EnviroLink Service - 15 January 2001 - Kentucky led
the nation for the third straight year in the number of coal
mining fatalities in 2000. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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WORLD BATTERY DEMAND ASSESSED BY FREEDONIA
EnviroLink Service - 15 January 2001 - According to
Freedonia's industry study, World Batteries, published in November,
world demand for primary and secondary batteries will rise at
a "respectable pace" into the beginning of the new century.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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NATIONAL NEWS/ FRESH FEARS ON METHANE LEAKS
FROM MINES
Financial Times, London Ed2 via NewsEdge Corporation - 15
January 2001 - The government is conducting a fresh investigation
into the amount of methane gas leaking from disused mines following
claims by two energy companies that the problem is much worse
than suspected. Further information can be obtained from the
news article.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
TO RAISE MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS WORLDWIDE
EnviroLink Services - 10 January 2001 -
President Clinton has signed the International Labor Organization's
Convention 176 concerning safety and health in mines. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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EPA LOWERS LEAD REPORTING THRESHOLD
Lycos News - 10 January 2001 - Americans may soon be
able to find out more about the amounts and sources of toxic
lead emitted into their communities near homes, schools and
playgrounds. Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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UNEP: RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY A
CRITICAL ISSUE FOR THIS MILLENNIUM
UNEP News Release - 10 January 2001 - Accelerating
the introduction of green "environmentally friendly" energy,
such as solar, wind and wave power, is one of the most pressing
issues facing mankind in the new millennium, the head of the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will tell a meeting
on renewable energy today. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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SPAIN APPEALS RULING IN TOXIC SPILL CASE
Lycos News 08 January 2001 - The Spanish
government appealed on Friday against a judge's rejection of
criminal responsibility in a massive toxic-waste spill in 1998
at a metals mine, described as Spain's worst environmental disaster.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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THE DEATH OF A RIVER LOOMS OVER CHOICE FOR
INTERIOR POST
New York Times - 07 January 2001 - Cyanide and acidic
water from gold mining, top, which were supposed to remain in
ponds like this one that is dry, spilled into the Alamosa River
eight years ago, killing virtually every living thing in the
river for 17 miles --- Gale A. Norton. Further information can
be obtained from the news
article.
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SUNSHINE NEAR DEAL TO SETTLE MINE SUIT PACT
WOULD PROVIDE CLEANUP MONEY, ALLOW BANKRUPT FIRM TO REORGANIZE
EnviroLink Service 06 January 2001 - Sunshine Mining
and Refining Co. may resolve claims over Silver Valley mining
pollution in a proposed deal with the federal government and
Coeur d'Alene Tribe. Further information can be obtained from
the news
article.
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COLORADO WATER QUALITY DIVISION ISSUES PERMIT
TO GOLD MINING OUTFIT
The Pueblo Chieftain, Colorado via NewsEdge Corporation
- 05 January 2001 - Colorado's Water Quality Control Division
of the Department of Public Health and Environment has issued
a discharge permit to Battle Mountain Gold Co. Further information
can be obtained from the news article.
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US ASKED TO BLOCK CANADIAN MINE ON ALASKA
BORDER
Planet Ark - 05 January 2001 - Environmentalists renewed
their fight on Thursday against reopening a metals mine in the
wilderness on the British Columbia-Alaska border, and called
on the United States to pressure Canada to stop the project.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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COLORADO SUES MORE COMPANIES TO RECOUP SUMMITVILLE
MINE CLEANUP COSTS
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News via EnviroLink Service
04 January 2001 - Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar
announced Tuesday that his office is suing five additional defendants
for their actions relating to the Summitville Mine site. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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MINING DEATHS ROSE IN 2000
The Associated Press via NewsEdge Corporation
- 04 January 2001 - Five fatal accidents in December pushed
the number of U.S. coal miners killed on the job last year to
38, up from 34 a year earlier and the highest number in the
last four years. Further information can be obtained from the
news article.
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MILITARY GETS SERIOUS ABOUT HEAVY METAL
Environment News Network (ENN) - 03 January 2001 - The
Allan Savory Center for Holistic Management is currently working
with New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces to assist
the US Army in the cost-effective clean up of soils contaminated
by heavy metals left from the Army's munitions. Further information
can be obtained from the news
article.
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ASSOCIATION: REVIEW LAND POLICY FOR MINING
The New Straits Times via EnviroLink Service - 01 January
2001 - The Perak Chinese Mining Association today called
on the State Government to review its land policy for mining.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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